Jerzy Snopek Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Prof.
Jerzy Snopek
Ambassador From:Poland
Country:Hungary
Term Start:16 November 2016
Term End:31 March 2022
Predecessor:Roman Kowalski
Successor:Sebastian Kęciek
Birth Date:3 August 1952
Birth Place:Wrząca
Nationality:Polish
Spouse:Márta Gedeon
Alma Mater:University of Warsaw
Profession:Lecturer

Jerzy Snopek (born 3 August 1952, Wrząca)[1] is a Polish literary historian and translator. He served as an ambassador to Hungary from 2016 to 2022.

Life

Snopek graduated from Polish philology at the University of Warsaw.[2] He gained there also doctoral degree. In 1993, he received his post-doctoral degree (habilitation) at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, presenting a dissertation on the literary life in the Kraków area from 1750 to 1815.[3]

He worked as a Polish literature lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (1985–1990). He co-operated also with the Central European University at that time. Between 1991 and 1997, he was secretary at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Warsaw, and between 1995 and 2006 he held the post of scientific director at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has been a visiting professor at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary. In 2002, he was among the founders of the Warsaw University of Humanities where he lectured for the following ten years. Since 2002, he has been an active member of the Stefan Żeromski Heritage Foundation.[4]

On 28 October 2016, Snopek was nominated to be the ambassador to Hungary,[5] and was subsequently presented with his letter of credence on 23 November 2016.[6] He ended his term on 31 March 2022.[7]

He is married to Márta Gedeon.

Works

Snopek wroteauthored over 400 articles and essays, and two books:

Translations

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jerzy Snopek. 19 February 2017. Monitorfirm. pl. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219142054/http://www.monitorfirm.pl/Jerzy-Snopek. 19 February 2017. 10 December 2019.
  2. Web site: Zapis przebiegu posiedzenia Komisji Spraw Zagranicznych /nr 41/. 4 October 2016. www.sejm.gov.pl. pl. 10 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Nowa Nauka Polska. nauka-polska.pl. 10 December 2019.
  4. Web site: Ambasadordate=12 April 2018. budapeszt.msz.gov.pl. pl. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412142712/http://budapeszt.msz.gov.pl/pl/ambasada/ambasada_ambasador/. 12 April 2018. 10 December 2019.
  5. Web site: 6 February 2017 . Nominacje dla ambasadorów w Stanach Zjednoczonych i na Węgrzech . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170206184320/http://msz.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/wiadomosci/nominacje_dla_ambasadorow_w_stanach_zjednoczonych_i_na_wegrzech;jsessionid=083224A68A1CD6D4231E2D60E9230644.cmsap5p . 6 February 2017 . 10 December 2019 . msz.gov.pl . pl.
  6. Web site: Diplomatic Corps - Details. 25 May 2019. kulugyminiszterium.hu. hu. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190525153558/http://www.kulugyminiszterium.hu/dtwebe/reszletes.aspx?Orszag=Republic%20of%20Poland. 25 May 2019. 10 December 2019.
  7. Web site: 2022-03-17 . Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 17 marca 2022 r. nr 110.7.2022 w sprawie odwołania Ambasadora Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej . 2022-04-20 . isap.sejm.gov.pl . pl.
  8. Web site: Węgry: polski ambasador odznaczony medalem. 4 June 2018. dzieje.pl. pl. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210163532/https://www.dzieje.pl/aktualnosci/wegry-polski-ambasador-odznaczony-medalem. 10 December 2019. 10 December 2019.

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